Better than Bron/Bosh or KD/Ibaka?

I should have said best 4/5 combination.

Report: Bulls Made An Offer For Love

Kevin Love made a lot of noise this past weekend when he visited Boston and was seen with Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo. The Celtics have some pieces which could be intriguing in any potential trade offer, but according to reports, the Bulls have already made an offer of their own to the Timberwolves.

Via Jackie MacMullan of ESPN Boston, the Bulls have contacted the ‘Wolves regarding a Love trade:

The Timberwolves privately maintain they already have fielded better offers from other teams, among them the Chicago Bulls, who can offer draft picks and some combination of Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson along with Carlos Boozer, whose bloated $16.8 million contract expires next summer and represents the kind of cap space rebuilding teams crave.

If you are Kevin Love and can choose to join a team with top dogs Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah or Rondo and Jeff Green, which way are you leaning?

A trio of Rose, Noah and Love would immediately vault the Bulls back into contention in the Eastern Conference. Butler and Gibson are key pieces in the rotation, and integral to what Tom Thibodeau does on the defensive end, but it feels like a fair price for the Bulls if it means landing a 25-year-old franchise player.

The Bulls made the Eastern Conference Finals in 2011, but have not been back since. The main reason has been Rose’s inability to stay on the court. Let’s not forget that, even though he is coming off a career year, Noah has a long history of nagging injuries as well.

Acquiring Love would allow Chicago some breathing room for improvement, so they don’t have to pin all their hopes for success on Rose coming back and returning to his 2011 MVP form; Love gives them a larger margin for error and a possible centerpiece to build around if Rose’s surgically reparied knees are battered beyond repair.

As we move closer to the 2014 Draft, expect to hear more about these types of concrete offers for Love. If the ‘Wolves are really considering trading Love this month, this will be a good way to continue to drive up Love’s value so they can extract quality assets out of their tenuous situation with him in the summer of 2015.

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Jimmy and Taj are muy guys. That said, I'd dump them in a heartbeat if it meant a starting lineup of Rose, Love, Noah and two dudes...

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Lu coming back on the cheap.

As much as I would hate to see Taj go you would have to trade him in order to get Love. I can't understand why the Wolves would want him considering how old he is.

Jimmy and Taj are muy guys. That said, I'd dump them in a heartbeat if it meant a starting lineup of Rose, Love, Noah and two dudes...

Could the Bulls land Love and Melo?

Could the Bulls land Love and Melo?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Now would be the time to grade Gibson as well since he's coming off of a breakout season, improving his offensive game, and being a dependable defender. He's already in his prime, Mirotic is going to be a starter if/when he signs with the Bulls so I never see Gibson (ideally) being more than a 3rd big man. Some teams probably see him as a starting forward, and don't have a younger player waiting in the wings.

It would be interesting to see if the Bulls can land Love without jmoving Mirotic. I find that doubtful since I believe he'd be a top 6-8 pick in this draft and he's be a nice young piece in a trade.

Considering there has been a lot of questions as to whether the Bulls could actually afford Melo, how could they afford both?

Here's how:

Bulls trade
Carlos Boozer $16,800,000
Nikola Mirotic
Jimmy Butler $2,119,214
Multiple 1st round picks

for

Minnesota
Kevin Love $15,719,063
Jose Barea $4,519,500

The Bulls are taking back more salary but teams are allowed to take back 25% more salary when making a trade. After making that deal the Bulls would then trade a trade with the Knicks.

Bulls trade
Taj Gibson $8,000,000
Mike Dunleavy $3,000,000
Tony Snell $1,472,000
Jose Barea $4,519,500
Player with non guaranteed contract
2014 first round pick

for

New York
Carmelo Anthony $22,000,000

It works because once again the Bulls are allowed to take back 25% more in salary.

This would give the Bulls a Big 4. At this point the Bulls could use their mid level exception and minimum salary guys that want to win a title to fill out the rest of their roster. Of course it would put them into the luxury tax but Uncle Jerry would be willing to pay it for a championship roster.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Considering there has been a lot of questions as to whether the Bulls could actually afford Melo, how could they afford both?

Here's how:

Bulls trade
Carlos Boozer $16,800,000
Nikola Mirotic
Jimmy Butler $2,119,214
Multiple 1st round picks

for

Minnesota
Kevin Love $15,719,063
Jose Barea $4,519,500

The Bulls are taking back more salary but teams are allowed to take back 25% more salary when making a trade. After making that deal the Bulls would then trade a trade with the Knicks.

Bulls trade
Taj Gibson $8,000,000
Mike Dunleavy $3,000,000
Tony Snell $1,472,000
Jose Barea $4,519,500
Player with non guaranteed contract
2014 first round pick

for

New York
Carmelo Anthony $22,000,000

It works because once again the Bulls are allowed to take back 25% more in salary.

This would give the Bulls a Big 4. At this point the Bulls could use their mid level exception and minimum salary guys that want to win a title to fill out the rest of their roster. Of course it would put them into the luxury tax but Uncle Jerry would be willing to pay it for a championship roster.

If Minnesota takes Boozer, is there a complication to adding Mirotic if he wants to play in the NBA next season? I think his cap hold is pretty low right now (around 1-2M), but he's not on the rookie pay scale so he would probably demand close to $10M whenever he does come over.

How long is Barea under contract for? If NY decides to move on for Anthony, would they want Gibson? I assume they would want to clear out as much cap space as possible for the next off-season. Where is an 3rd 1st round pick coming from if Chicago sends both to Minnesota?

I'm becoming a Bucks fan if the Bulls get Carmelo.

The Golden State Warriors have greatly increased their chances of acquiring All-Star forward Kevin Love by making sharpshooting swingman Klay Thompson available to the Minnesota Timberwolves in trade talks, according to sources close to the situation.

Sources told ESPN.com that Golden State, after initially resisting Minnesota's desire to land Thompson in a Love deal, has relented and is now willing to package Steph Curry's trusted backcourt mate along with David Lee and a first-round pick in a trade for Love that could materialize quickly with the 2014 NBA draft looming Thursday.

Thompson's father, Mychal, a former No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft and now a radio analyst on Los Angeles Lakers broadcasts, said Thursday on ESPN LA 710 AM that the Warriors and Wolves are discussing a deal in which Golden State also would receive Kevin Martin from Minnesota in addition to Love.

The teams are still in the process of exchanging various trade proposals that would put other players into the deal, sources said. ESPN's Chris Broussard reports that one scenario being discussed is the Wolves acquiring Thompson and Lee for Love, Martin, J.J. Barea and Minnesota's 13th pick.

It remains to be seen whether the Chicago Bulls will continue to chase Love as hard as Golden State has -- which would likely cost them the prized likes of Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson -- or focus their efforts on trying to sign or trade for Carmelo Anthony, who has until Monday to decide whether to opt in or out of the final season on his current New York Knicks contract valued at $23.3 million.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.